MHO IV -- 2005

This year, we decided to shake things up a little bit and host MHO in Tahoe. Amazingly, almost everyone was able to make it. The cast included: Allen, Babak, Claudia, Howard, Karl, Jenn, Jeryl, Larry, Lisa, Mark, Ryan, and Shelley. Here's a little of that weekend.


Shelley and Ryan before the trip begins.


Group shot. why do the girls seem so small and the guys seem to be increasing in size?


The Subaru on the road. Look at my board! That's the most action it saw this weekend.


We arrived at the cabin at night. This is what we saw in the morning... lots of green, little white


Everyone, but Lis, Babak and I, went off to snowboard. We stayed at the cabin to "prepare the MHO dinner." Here we are... preparing....


Yup, still preparing


.... and still preparing...


Okay okay...we actually did do some work. Here's Lis, making the crostinis.


And then we stopped preparing because all this white stuff started falling from the sky


Babak only took this picture of Lis to bug her.


Here, Lisa and I compete to see who can cry first. She chops the scallions and I chopped the shallots. Alright, I confess. This picture was completely posed. We actually just ordered take out and stuffed stuff into the oven.


Then it really started to snow more. Maybe all that green stuff will disappear.


Ah, fast foward 12 hours... you'll have to go to Howard's page to fill in the blank. This is the morning after where most of us ran outside to unbury the cars.


Lis was so excited to drive her x3 in the snow. Grrrrr...!


Group shot inside the cabin. Who's dumb idea was it to cram into that staircase?!


Shell and I as extras in the story of Ryan and Babak.


Last group shot of the weekend. There's that white stuff again.


(in low announcer-ish voice) Allen creeping through the white jungle searching for that elusive shot.


Ahhh, yes. Classic Jenn.


Ahhh, yes. Classic Allen. with Shelley in the supporting role.


What?! What's Shelley doing in this picture? It was supposed to just be Ryan and Howard.


Das Beast! The X3's winter name.


Haha... this is Mark's car making a quick getaway with five of the guys. Leaving the rest of us behind to clean up.


And so we did....


Yup... Shelley needed a pillow to help her clean up.


It was hard for Babak and I to clean up as we were blinded by a flash.


And alas, we left Tahoe in disrepair, completely covered by that white stuff.

New York MoMA! Here we come.

Five Bay Area natives and one Portlander head off to gritty New York City for a long weekend of eating too much and drinking just enough. This is the result.


Stop looking at me!


Party on the plane!


We stayed up til 3am talking. This was Lis's bed for the first night.


Lis: So there's this only one ATM that is Bank of America's. Hopefully it's still there so we can draw out cash..... .... ... Claud: Uh, Lis, look! It's a giant Bank of America.


Lis and I in Time Square waiting for tickets for Dirtty Rotten Scoundrels... 1 hour too early.


Pixar on the Time Square ticker.


Jane in Central Park.


2nd Ave. Deli. Mountains of patrami.


Lis and Shelley in front of the Imperial Palace.


Jane in Time Square


We stopped at a cafe for some tea and chai before our Park Ave. Cafe reservations.


Lis' dessert at the Park Ave Cafe. Something that has three kinds of pumpkin.


On our way back Sunday night after the jazz concert. Lisa fell asleep with her iPod.


Shelley cut her hand on a zip lock bag. I wonder if she got enough toilet paper.


This is the bedroom where we slept. It's really huge and those little guys were there to greet us.


Jane on the Empire State Building.


A shot of our hotel as we left to go to lunch. Babak has such a fluffy jacket.


Babak doing his fire tricks. I'm really amused.


I ate the roe one at a time. In the background I think Shelley is turning into a demon.


Lis took this one on her way back to the hotel. It's really cute.


Christmas time in New York.


Nothing satisfies a hunger from 5 hours at a bar, than pizza and garlic knots.


We made sure we woke Lis when we got it. She got up just to stop us from whispering. This is her pretending to sleep.


Matt and Jane in their hotel room. Matt playing with mirrors. Notice how Jane pays close attention to the trickery he's doing.


The MoMa!!!!


Group shot. I think Babak needs his medicine. Thanks for ruining a create picture!


The girls.


The Toy Story zoetrope. So cool.


Babak with some of the original Pixar people.


I don't know. I just know I love this picture.


This is purely a gratuitous shot of my coat.


Matt and Shelly bringing down the roll-away in their fancy clothes.


Lis and Shelley out on their candlelit date. Lisa sure knows how to treat a lady.


Matt in one of his dreams.


This girls. Cheers!


Shelley's either praying or clapping in joy. Or maybe she's just in on the secret. That's Jane's head on the left and Rudro's on the right.


This is me saying... I'm not amused at you, Babak. This is Lisa saying... Babak you're really funny!


I don't believe you can fool me with your Italian charms, Enrico. At least not when you're holding that Apple Martini.


Lisa left Shelley to be with Wally.


Oh my god! How many people can we fit on this couch. I think Lis is being tickled to death.


Jane and her protector, Shelley.


Within seconds, they all passed out. Lisa put up a separator between her and Babak. I knew that guy couldn't be trusted!